Dive Bar Moses chords by Adam Chaffins

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: D

Intro:

D Cm Bm A#m A A D

Chorus:
D              G
Dive Bar Moses got a couple roses
       D                         A
On the shoulders of an old pearl snap
         D                         G
He’s got holes in his boots and he don’t let the truth
     D            A         D
Mess up the good stories he has
           D                     G
He used to be in a band, plays a little piana,
      D
talks loud ‘cause his ears still ring
     D         Cm       Bm
Last call bill ringin’, he’ll still be singin’
 D      A      D
‘Let my people drink’
      D      A      D
Yeah, let my people drink

Verse 1:
      D               G
Loves dirty jokes and discount smokes
           D           A
He’s got a tattoo of a tiger
           D                   G
He went to Ho Chi Minh, lost a few good friends
           D         A     D
Now he’s a lover and not a fighter
   D                       G
He says he loves Jesus and talks about Budda
   D              A
To anyone that’ll hear
   D                                G
He bellies up to the bar where they don’t gotta charge
       D             A     D
You an arm and a leg for a beer

Chorus:
D              G
Dive Bar Moses got a couple roses
       D                         A
On the shoulders of an old pearl snap
         D                         G
He’s got holes in his boots and he don’t let the truth
     D            A         D
Mess up the good stories he has
           D                     G
He used to be in a band, plays a little piana,
      D
talks loud ‘cause his ears still ring
     D         Cm       Bm
Last call bill ringin’, he’ll still be singin’
 D      A      D
‘Let my people drink’
      D      A      D
Yeah, let my people drink

Solo:
D G D A
D G D A D
        Lord, the people sing
D G D A
D G D A D
D A D

Verse 2:
      D                       G
No, I ain’t never been to the Promised Land
      D                           A
But I bet it looks somethin’ like this
          D          Cm        Bm          A#m
Holdin’ a can that’s tall at a hole in the wall
        A                 D
Gettin’ drunk and talkin’ shit
             D         A       D
Yeah gettin’ drunk and talkin’ shit

Chorus:
     D              G
With Dive Bar Moses got a couple roses
       D                         A
On the shoulders of an old pearl snap
         D                         G
He’s got holes in his boots and he don’t let the truth
     D            A         D
Mess up the good stories he has
           D                     G
He used to be in a band, plays a little piana,
      D
talks loud ‘cause his ears still ring
     D         Cm       Bm             A
Last call bill ringin’, he’ll still be singin’
 D      A      D
‘Let my people drink’
      D      A      D
Yeah, let my people drink

Outro:
         D      G D A
Dive Bar Moses
D G       D      A      D
    Said “Let my people drink”
D G          D     A
    Dive Bar Moses
D Cm Bm A#m A A D